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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE 

OLYMP1A, WASHINGTON 

THE EVERGREEN MAGAZINE 

FORALUMNI AND FRIENDS 

Vol. 23, No. 2 

Summer 2002 

Vice President for College Advancement 

Francis C, McGovern 

Director of College Relations 

Stanley Bernstein ; 

Director of A!umni Affairs 

Jackie Barry '89 

Publications Manager/ Executive Editor 

Esme Ran '95 

Managing Editor 

Char Simons 

Contributing Writers 

Kate Lykins Brown 

Hannah Currey 

Linda Hohman 

Michael Huntsbcrger 

Chuck McKinney 

Mike Segawa 

Contributing Photographers 

Colin Berg 

Stephen Cifka 

Steve Davis 

Martin Kane 

Evergreen Photo Services • - 

Graphic Design 

Brian Mathis '88 

Judy Nunez-Pinedo 

Copy Editing 

PatBarte'91 

Additional Thanks 

ThunderbirJ carved by 

Greg Colfax (Makah) 

Andy Wilbur '88 (Skokomish) 

Obrador CD supplied by 

Tim Russell '89/Ramy Day Records 

Numerous photos, text and guidance: 

Randy Stilson '74/Evergreen Archives 

To submit items for Alum Notes, 

contact the Office of Alumni Affairs 

(360) 867-7751 ortescalum@evergreen.edu 

The Evergreen Magazine accepts 

paid advertising. For more information 

about advertising or other items contact 

Char Simons at (360)867-6710 

or email simonsc@evergreen.edu. 

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RUDY MARTIN 

TEACHING GUI 

During the last of three group contracts in 

African-American Literature I offered between 

1997 and 2000 as part of my post-retirement 

activities, it occurred to me that I had gone 

through a complete cycle here: I was teaching 

the children of former Evergreen 

students. Not just figuratively, but 

literally. Wow! Maybe I'm slow, 

but I thought I had made a 

powerful realization. Perhaps 

other faculty members and 

students were less struck by the 

same insight than I was. 

Regardless of the variations in 

particular people's recognitions, 

however, they all funnel back to 

those first groups of students who 

joined us here in the earliest years 

of the college's life. I think of them 

as "pioneer" students—pioneer 

students meeting up with similarly 

pioneering faculty and staff. 

The students were everything 

from everywhere, and I knew 

a lot of them. There were black 

students from Seattle and Tacoma, 

Native Americans from reservations 

and cities, Chicanos from 

the Yakima valley, Jews from both 

coasts, Asians from the islands 

as well as the mainland, pink kids 

from Bellevue and California. 

There was a grandmother from 

Centralia, shot-up Vietnam 

veterans from different places, 

some of Olympia's "old-growth" 

hippies (to quote Paul Sparks), 

military brats who had lived photo: Stephen 

everywhere, timid mama's babies 

leaving home for the first time. They came with 

their backpacks and sleeping bags, their 

slicked-back hair and unshaven chins and 

underarms, their recycled outfits and doubleknit 

clothes, their suits and briefcases, their 

guitars and totem animals, their beads and 

incense. Innocence too. They came like 

a gathering of tribes. 

Over the intervening decades, I've seen those 

student pioneers doing all kinds of things 

in all kinds of places. A few have 

returned to Evergreen as faculty members— 

would there were more. Doctors and lawyers, 

teachers and techies, environmentalists and 

writers, and multiple brands of activists have 

abounded among them; business and corporate 

types large and small, government workers, 

officials and agency personnel of every stripe 

have popped up; artists, musicians, performers 

and other creative people have flourished; and, 

sadly, some have died. I have run into them in 

all sorts of places, from an old inn in a tiny 

New England village, to Little Italy in 

New York City, to a hotel in Atlanta, to 

Picadilly Circus in London, to a Moroccan 

restaurant in Paris. An especially noteworthy 

case: In the college's very first year, one fellow 

from back East had to return because of 

a sudden family death after he had been here 

only a few weeks, but he has maintained 

annual contact with me ever since. I'm no 

longer surprised wherever I am to hear, 

"Hey, Rudy," yelled at me by a Greener from 

what would seem to be the unlikeliest of places. 

Some have made life-long friendships and 

others have married and produced some of the 

current generation of Evergreen students, the 

latter-day pioneers. 

Some parents and family members of that first 

student generation shook their heads in 

confused resignation, others were uptight and 

afraid, still others cheered and wished 

Evergreen had been around when they went 

to college. Those pioneer students showed 

courage and conviction. They signed on for 

some of the same reasons many of us faculty 

members came here. As scary and unformed 

as it was, Evergreen was a new start, 

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another chance (sometimes a last 

one), a different turning, an 

opportunity to "do it right this 

time." It was a situation in which 

to build something—a farmhouse, 

an organic garden, a sailboat, 

a small Columbia River town, 

a degree program, a college. Indeed, 

I think it not too extreme to say 

that much as Thomas Paine saw 

the founding period of this nation, 

those pioneer Greeners saw here 

a chance to "make the world 

over again." 

Slowly, fitfully and often painfully, 

the values, expectations and 

aspirations of those pioneering 

students, faculty and staff members 

were realized, changed, truncated, 

abandoned or refined. They melded 

and coalesced into what we can 

articulate today as that rocksolid 

core of an Evergreen 

education—interdisciplinary study, 

collaborative learning, learning 

across significant differences, 

personal engagement, linkages 

between theory and practice. Those 

focal points keep appearing and reappearing in 

all the various forms and permutations that we 

today recognize as being "of this place." 

So when I met those students who were the 

children of former Evergreen students, I felt 

comfortable knowing that they would come 

here and likely experience much of what their 

parents did. There are more bricks and mortar 

on these thousand acres than there were in 

1971, more people, more cars, more of most 

things. But like their predecessors, the next 

generation of Evergreen student pioneers, and 

the faculty and staff serving them, will still find 

an opportunity to try something new, the 

likelihood of adventure, a chance to build their 

individual worlds, and in some measure our 

shared world, over again. 

S. R. "Rudy" Martin, Jr. 

Faculty Emeritus 

American/African'American Studies 

1970-1997 

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NOTES & NEWS 

Survey Says ... 

Thanks to the more than 30 Greeners who 

responded to our readership survey in the last 

issue of The Evergreen Magazine. Praise was 

heavy, and like any productive seminar, you 

critically examined the publication and gave 

us great ideas and approaches we hadn't 

thought of, including: 

"In-depth profiling of old faculty and 

alumni." 

"Keep the focus on interdisciplinary articles, 

keep humor in it." 

"Take a risk. Explore Evergreen's role in 

supporting or not supporting the Afghanistan 

issue or how Evergreen people are helping 

victim relief." 

Of course, readers didn't hesitate to let us know 

when we messed up. "More detail! We are not 

an ignorant audience!" and... 

"Where's the information on the sailing team, 

you incompetent morons?!" 

Feel free to keep sending us story ideas, fodder 

for the Letters column, alumni updates and 

other suggestions for the magazine to 

tescalum@evergreen.edu. 

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college 

Tacoma Chapter Board 

Welcomes New Leadership 

New York Gathering 

Thank you to the 2002 alumni team and 

TESC President Les Puree for gathering a 

bunch of us Greener grads to the Williams 

Club in New York City. The evening was 

filled with smiles, tears and joy in sharing 

in the company of one another's presence. 

The future ahead looks bright because I have 

the entire Evergreen community with me, 

each day as I grow. You are in my thoughts 

and good things come to those who wait. 

I trust summer session will run smoothly. 

The Wellness Center is a good place to 

keep clear of big bands and athletic camps. 

I love you guys! 

Kate Tanenbaum '94 

New York City, NY 

Errata 

Chris "Sandman" Sand ["Music by Men, 

for Men," Winter 2002] is a 1995 

Greener grad. 

The first incarnation of the Evergreen 

crew team existed from 1971 to at least 

1975. The team competed in the Collegiate 

Yacht Racing Association, and won at least 

one regatta. 

association 

Donna Wilson '01 moved from board member to chapter president 

at the Tacoma Chapter's March meeting. Board members also elected 

Kitty Scott '01 to their ranks. 

Alumni-Sponsored Root Beer Garden 

Returns to Super Saturday 

The Alumni Association Board again will sponsor a Root Beer 

Garden at Super Saturday on June 15. Last year, board members 

and other volunteers dished up more than 400 floats before selling 

out at 4 p.m. Campus food service Bon Appetit adds a hot dog bar 

to this year's menu 

Elizabeth She '99 will host a literary lounge at 2:30 p.m. that will 

feature other writers including including Paul Barlin '81, author of 

From Andrew, With Love. 

Contact tescalum@evetgreen.edu for more information. 

Better than Newsprint 

Thanks for the great mag. It's really come up 

from the newsprint newsletter I remember. 

I especially enjoyed the article about Dr. Zita. 

Wish she'd been there when I was, but then 

I had other excellent faculty. The article 

["Some Like it Hot," Winter 2002] took me 

back some 26 (choke!) years to Foundations of 

Natural Science, and how exciting Evergreen 

made learning! I kinda wish I could afford to 

uproot and come back now, just for fun. I really 

enjoyed reading Zita's journal entries, with their 

poetical discussions of science. 

I hope my daughter chooses to attend 

Evergreen in 10 years! 

Kathy Johnson, '79, DVM 

Lake Stevens, Wash. 

E-mail us your e-mail address! 

Write to tescalum@evergreen.edu to become part of our 

e-mail mailing list. 

McClure Creates New Geoduck Emblem 

Fans of Nikki McClure '91 and her artwork will recognize the 

hand behind Evergreen's new geoduck emblem. McClure worked 

with a campus committee from College Relations, the Bookstore, 

College Recreation and Alumni 

Services to create the design. 

Alumni Association Annual 

Meeting to Include Bylaws 

Change Vote 

The Alumni Association holds its annual meeting on Super Saturday, 

June 15 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will include votes on changes to 

the bylaws, as well as board member and officer elections and a 

continental breakfast. 

Visit www.evergreen.edu/alumni to view proposed changes to 

the Alumni Association bylaws. 

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hiking 

to 

Amid Vietnam War protests, 

college dedicated to citizens 

of Washington 

in the 

in the 

21 receive diplomas at 

first graduation 

Maxine Mimms and two 

Chuck McKinney came to Evergreen's student housing in 1974. 

"The whole place was so new. Colors in the dorms were so '70s, too." 

Long-haired students, clad in flannel shirts and hiking boots, were 

welcomed to avocado green appliances, blazing super-graphics in the 

hallways and orange shag carpeting in the Mods. "A-Building was the 

place to be. The pool table on the first floor was active from early 

afternoon until 2, 3 or 4 a.m." Some students constructed elaborate lofts 

in their apartments. Others were simply content to get together in the 

shared kitchens of A-Building. "The seventh 

floor community kitchen was great in that we 

had no real pigs living on the floor. People 

generally cleaned up after themselves. The 

community kitchen was a wonderful place to 

talk about your program." Parties were stocked 

with provisions from Peterson's Food Town. 

Inconvenient spills were whisked away by the 

Midnight Sponge. And high above it all, 

hanging from the bough of a lone fir, a 

handpainted wood placard extolled its cryptic 

message—"More Sugar." 

students begin a seminar 

that evolves into the 

Tacoma campus 

McKinney is now Evergreen Housing's 

assistant director for residential life. 

Mary Ellen Hillaire establishes 

Native American Studies 

Dragon mural painted on 

library stairwell 

Rita Sevcik is Evergreen's 

institutional memory. In 

1969, she was among the 

first dozen employees hired 

by the college. Come this 

summer, she'll close the door 

to her office for the last time 

after having served all five 

of Evergreen's presidents. 

"I never dreamed I'd stay 

this long, and I never expected to be accepted 

by all the presidents. But the change of 

presidents energized me. It was like changing 

jobs. It's been a marvelous opportunity and 

vantage point, being at the top but not in the 

spotlight, and privy to the thinking of 

presidents and trustees. 

"In the early years, there was intense 

camaraderie. We were small and in this 

together. Malcolm [Stilson, retired reference 

librarian] wrote plays performed by the vice 

presidents and support staff. 

"The '70s were about planning, construction, 

groundbreaking, opening and dedication 

ceremonies. There was a high level of 

adrenaline. People felt they were contributing 

to something important. 

"There were calls for the college's closure from 

the beginning. In 1973, 40 people were cut, 

including an executive vice president. The 

crisis was budget-driven, and it was the biggest 

one we've ever faced. 

Dorms A and D, CAB and 

Lecture Halls open 

1973 

KAOS-FM goes on the air at 

10 watts. First song is "Success" 

by Dan Hicks 

"The '80s were a time of growth and struggle. 

There were still calls for Evergreen's closure, 

but we began to get national recognition for 

our education system. The small but vocal local 

opposition to Evergreen was endemic to being 

in the state capital and having a philosophy 

different from the rest of higher-education. 

The '60s had been a time of unrest, but people 

in Olympia had been insulated to some extent. 

There was constant criticism of our being 

so different, and yet we had been charged 

to be different. 

"The '90s were a period of growth, 

acceptance and stability. Evergreen came into 

its own with the 25th anniversary of the 

college. It was also the beginning of a transition, 

with waves of retirements and an influx of 

new people. Of the 18 founding faculty, 

only Dave Hitchens is left." 

"We'll see a tremendous change in the current 

decade. We won't have people who remember 

the beginning. And if this year is any 

indication, we'll have financial struggles. It will 

be a hard time, I think. But Evergreen is 

resilient and creative, and people pull together 

when times are tough." 

From Drawing Board to Chalk Board 

Gov. Dan Evans signs into law legislation in 1967 

establishing Evergreen. The college was in high 

demand by Yakima, Snohomish County, Olympia 

and other jurisdictions. "A number of places wanted 

the college, and those legislators worked hard to 

bring it to their area," recalls Don Brazier, former 

Republican Yakima state legislator and co-sponsor 

of the bill that created Evergreen. 

CRC opens with Gov. 

Dan Evans rappelling down 

clock tower; Arts and Science 

Annex dedicated 

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close the to her 

for the 

having all of 

Evergreen's • • 

Rita Sevcik, administrative assistant to the president. 

Her first office was in the current Twin County Credit 

Union offices on Fourth and Eastside. She's ending her 

Evergreen career in the small office on the third floor of the 

Library formerly used by President Charles McCann. For 

a brief history of the college's early days, see Rita's homepage 

athttp -.//academic. evergreen. edu/individuals/sevcikrl 

State Senator Brad Owen 

proposes converting TESC to 

police academy 

1974 

Evergreen granted full 

accreditation a year ahead 

of schedule; Seminar I 

completed

That's Agribusiness U 

I arrived at Evergreen in September 1973, having been to the Northwest 

on only one previous occasion. I was privileged to have great teachers, 

such as Tom Rainey, and a cohort of 10-20 other students who shared 

my passion for history, political economy and social change. The seminar 

structure allowed for intense debate. The early- and mid-seventies were 

good times to be a serious intellectual, though pretty confusing times 

otherwise. Nightlife was boisterous. I made friends I kept for decades, 

and a few I remain in touch with to this day. 

No single anecdote can possibly convey the maddening beauty, absurdity 

and complexity of Evergreen at that time, but here is a memory from my 

last summer, 1976. 

A number of talented people, mostly 

Evergreen students—Don Martin, Grace Cox 

and Beth Harris come to mind—started 

a theater group in Olympia called the 

Theater of the Unemployed and 

put on a couple of shows a ;»; : 

year. I was in the production of 

"That's Agribusiness," a musical 

comedy. It was a tremendous show, 

and we performed across Eastern 

Washington and in Seattle before 

coming home to Evergreen for our 

final performance. It was outdoors, 

in front of the Library, on one of 

those perfect blue-sky afternoons 

that makes you think there could never be a more beautiful 

place on earth. 

There was a terrific crowd. People were picnicking and 

sharing food and drink. What I remember more than 

anything was the warmth of all the people and their 

enthusiasm. When it was over, people just hung around and 

talked and played under the brilliant sun. I think for everyone 

there it was one of the loveliest days of our lives. 

After graduation, I moved to Seattle where I was the 

founding publisher of The Rocket magazine. I went on to earn : 

a Ph.D. in communication, and taught in Madison, Wis., 

for 11 years. Now, I'm a research professor at the Institute of 

Communications Research at the University of Illinois at 

UrbanaChampaign( www.robertmcchesney.com). 

McChesny writes extensively about the media for publications such as 

The Nation. His books include Rich Media, Poor Democracy, which have 

been used in programs at Evergreen. 

Robert W. McChesney, '76 

1975 

400-student graduating class 

includes 118 four-year "pioneers" 

Students explore feasibility 

of alternative energy sources; 

1946 Ford pick-up runs on 

scrap wood; Lab II opens 

1976 

Vancouver branch campus 

inaugurated in cooperation with 

Clark Community College 

• • What I remember 

more than anything 

the warmth of 

ail the people and 

their enthusiasm. 

As always, Red Square remains a lively and 

popular place to gather on a beautiful day. 

Skirts with leotards, trench 

coats, overalls and daypacks 

top fashions; Experimental 

structure burns 

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2.1-mile Karl Marx Run 

along Driftwood Road and 

Marine Drive celebrates 

Marx's birthday 

THAT YOSSARIAr- 4AN 

MEMORIES C 

By David L. Kitchens, 

founding faculty member 

So, why not open a brand new college with none of the 

buildings ready? Planks were lying in mud across what is 

now Red Square, and it would be another full month 

before the dorms were livable. No problem. Just ask the 

already nervous surrounding community to house 

students in their basements and spare rooms, and rent 

a bunch of flats for students at Villa Capri. As far 

as founding President Charles McCann was concerned, 

delay was unthinkable. We would be operative by 

October 1971. 

We could imagine doing it that way because of our faith 

in coordinated studies. As each program set its own 

schedule and took care of its own logistics—like a college 

in miniature—we were sure we could beat the problem 

on the program level. My program, The Individual, The 

Citizen and The State, held large group meetings in the 

basement of the First United Methodist Church. 

Seminars met in the living rooms of faculty Betty Ruth 

Estes, Kirk Thompson, David Marr, Paul Marsh and mine. 

Programs, such as Space, Time and Form, went on 

camping retreats for the first few weeks. Richard Jones' 

program, Human Development, grabbed the state Senate 

chambers in the Capitol building. We "convened" across 

the county and in various parts of the state. 

As we prepared for our first class meeting, students began 

to show up. The first student I had contact with was Craig 

Ridenour. He was from Enumclaw, and drove a blackand- 

yellow Gremlin. I got to know Craig right away and 

before too long, he and David Marr helped me put a new 

clutch in my 1964 Dodge Dart station wagon. 

1977 

Construction of the SeaWulff 

begins; Carnal Knowledge, 

Them and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 

Hyde screened on campus 

1978 

Communications Lab opens; 

Clock tower faces tell different 

times; Undercover agents make 

drug busts on campus 

Other students in my program were 

Michael Baker, Andrew Daly, Rita 

Pougiales (see page 8), Christina Meserve 

and Helen Bourgeoisie. Chris Meserve 

served as a member of Evergreen's board 

of trustees, while Helen Bourgeois (now 

Wolf) was the first female Evergreen 

graduate accepted at the University of 

Puget Sound Law School. Both women are 

now successful practicing attorneys. 

Michael is a businessman in Seattle. Craig 

joined the U.S. Coast Guard following 

graduation, along with Andrew. At the 

beginning of fall 1994, Jay Sternoff—another member of 

that beginning seminar group—stopped by to see me 

when he brought his daughter to begin school here. 

We had our first book seminar in the living room of my 

house in Tanglewilde. Our book was Joseph Heller's 

Catch-22. We chose the novel for what we felt were 

obvious reasons: the protagonist, Yossarian, was trapped 

in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the mercy of bureaucratic 

and military regulations, and sent off to fight a war by a 

modern nation-state. We felt Yossarian and the world of 

the novel were an obvious beginning point for discussion 

of the thematic elements embedded in the title of the 

program: The Individual, The Citizen and The State. 

I was positive this novel would spark an intense series of 

discussions and get us off to a wonderful start—setting 

up the Iliad, Aristotle's Politics, Hobbes' Leviathan and 

other challenging reading which was to follow. I could 

not have foreseen what really happened: 

"That Yossarian, man. What a heavy cat." 

"Yeah, man. Heavy." . . ,,,;:,;,. 

"The novel's heavy," 

"Yeah, i hear you. But it's far out, too." 

"FAR out." 

Recycling underway- 

"Heller is a far out writer," 

"Yeah, far out." 

¥': "But the action is heavy." 

"Yeah man, heavy duty, 

"Yeah, just too much. Too far out." 

"Heavy man. Real heavy beginning for 

a first book at this school." 

Tuborg, Hamms and 13 other 

brands of beer bottles require 

special handling 

"Around Town" student show 

debuts on local-access TV. First 

show highlights Head Start, Mima 

Mounds and the Brown Derby 

1979 

Founding faculty member 

Wiili Unsoeld and student 

Janie Diepenbrock die in 

avalanche on Mount Rainier

RITA POUGIALES 

THE BEGINNING: REFLI 

1979 

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S & A Women's Center proposed Geoduck becomes official 

college mascot 

As a member of Evergreen's first graduating class in 1972, Rita Pougiales 

spent some of her time in a church, a crowded rental house and 

having epiphanies. 

Ijj "The early part of the academic 

• year was wild because we were 

jjj| spread out all over town. We got 

• our books at the building where 

• the Motor Pool is now. My 

• program, The Individual, the 

JJJ Citizen and the State, met at the 

• First United Methodist Church 

H on Legion Way," recalls 

• Pougiales who returned to the 

• college in 1979 as a faculty 

• member and this year was 

• named academic dean for the 

• second time. 

|j| Pougiales rented a house 

• on Division Street across from 

• the Handy Pantry, as dorms 

jiff were still under construction. 

• While waiting for student 

j|| housing at Villa Capri to open, 

ill her house was knee-deep with 

• classmates, a half-dozen of 

JJ| -A horn slept on the floor. 

• Her first seminar included ice- 

• breaking activities, which left 

| Pougiales, who had studied three 

•I years at the University of 

Minnesota, a bit befuddled. 

"It made me more nervous 

because I wasn't quite sure how 

the reading fit in. I don't know that I said more than one sentence that 

first quarter. It wasn't shyness. I just wasn't sure what we were supposed 

to be doing with the books," she says. 

As the academic year developed, Pougiales came to understand how to 

entertain an idea and probe it. She chose David Marr as her seminar 

leader in spring quarter because of his demanding reputation. After doing 

a project on Ghandi and the origins of his philosophy on nonviolence, 

Pougiales had a poignant conference with Marr about her writing. 

"He said I'd learned to write in such a way that I wasn't saying anything 

important and that I hadn't learned to go beyond the text. That was the 

moment I began to come to terms with what it meant to have an 

intellectual life. And Dave said it in a way that I could hear it and learn 

from it. I felt like his words were an invitation to go deeper, not 

as a critique that would stop me." 

First intercollegiate swim and 

soccer teams 

CPJ headline: "Why Do We 

Get All The Weirdos?" 

Three Mile Island nuclear 

accident occurs near 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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1980 

Death of Dean Clabaugh, vice 

president for administration, 

and college's first employee 

—or 

to be, 

Master in Public Administration 

launched; Re-accreditation 

report gives Evergreen highest 

possible evaluation 

The 1980s were "effervescent," according to Linda Hohman, associate 

director of housing. "We almost had to make rules about how to slam 

dance." Residential life programming was coordinated by student 

; : .,_ managers—SMOOS, at the ratio of 

; about 1 to every 100 students. Students 

were politically outspoken and active 

during the Reagan/Bush years, but 

streaking continued on campus, too. 

"Many students wore Birkenstocks and 

wool socks, just like in the '70s. Potlucks 

were the thing no matter where you 

went. It seemed like most students were 

vegetarian—or pretended to be." 

Vegetarian food service came to housing 

when the Corner Cafe opened in A- 

Building. The 1980s also saw explosive 

growth in the demand for on-campus 

housing. "We double- and triple-bunked 

people when they arrived in the fall." 

To relieve the crunch, buildings 

E through K were opened in 1987, 

"but we still ended up double-bunking." 

The Housing Community Center was 

also added. Space problems were finally 

resolved when buildings N through U 

opened in 1989. 

Organic Farmhouse dedicated; 

Plans scrapped for Bangor 

campus; Facilities halts use of 

highly toxic pesticides 2-, 4-D 

Tipi dwellers face eviction; 

Roller skaters threatened with 

suspension; Mt. St. Helens 

erupts, rains ash on campus 

Washington State Gov. Dixie 

Lee Ray defeated in primary; 

Intercollegiate tennis and 

cross country begin 

" STUDENT • 

TAKIN' IT TO THE 

Whether protesting against apartheid in South Africa, U.S. intervention 

in El Salvador, supertankers in the Strait of Juan de Fuca or the WTO, 

students and social activism are part of the Evergreen fabric. 

"The issues have changed, but the level of interest has remained fairly 

constant," says Peter Bohmer, member of the faculty since 1987. 

Perhaps no issue galvanized students like the Gulf War of 1990-91. 

"The march from Evergreen to Sylvester Park in downtown Olympia 

was by far the biggest I'd witnessed here," Bohmer says. The march 

brought together more than 2,500 protesters, including students from 

Evergreen, South Puget Sound Community College and local high 

schools, along with Evergreen alumni, faculty, staff and community 

members. More than 700 students and faculty were involved in the 1999 

World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, the first broad-based 

student movement since Vietnam. 

Students have taken on other international causes, for places like 

Nicaragua, El Salvador and Tibet, and issues close to home as well. 

Student governance has been a perennial issue, and students challenged 

a master plan from what is now the state Higher Education Coordinating 

Board, calling for standardized tests. 

Student activism brought success on some fronts. Students helped 

organize food-service workers on campus, and brought together a broad 

coalition of people interested in organic food. Student concerns about 

food quality and labor relations were a determining factor in choosing 

the college's current food service provider. They also were the catalyst 

for student workers to get paid twice a month instead of monthly. 

In the early 1980s, students 

pressured the college to divest from 

doing business with firms that 

had ties to South Africa. The 

Washington state legislature 

restricted oil transport on Puget 

Sound as a result of pressure from 

students working with Greenpeace. 

In 1995, logging was stalled near 

campus after a group of Greeners 

chained themselves to trees along 

Overhulse Road. 

As long as there is injustice, chances 

are that Greeners will be a part of 

helping to right the world's wrongs. 

1981 

Draft registration resumes for 

18- to 24-year-old men after 

hiatus of fewer than 10 years; 

No more white sugar at Co-op 

Sea Wulff launched; 

Legislative committee passes bill to 

close Evergreen. Issue never 

comes to full vote 

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1982 

Seventeen magazine honors 

Evergreen as a "hidden gem" - 

one of 16 colleges that made 

the cut 

College awards first masters 

degrees to 26 students; 

Prophetic CPJ review: "U2 

Has Not Reached its Peak" 

New York Times lists Evergreen 

as one of nation's best colleges; 

Super Saturday becomes biggest 

event in Thurston County

12 

Slightly West 

Slightly West, Evergreen's literary magazine, was launched late in 

1985 by a Jewish student group called Maarava ("westward" in Hebrew). 

In a recent issue, editor Jon-Mikel Gates muses on the magazine's quirky 

title. "Why west?" he asks. "Why slight? Clearly, a great deal of thought 

went into this name." 

Well, actually, no. In the mid-1980s, an earlier effort called Rhetoric ceased 

publication, and Maarava stepped in to fill the gap. The director, Brian 

Seidman, simply intended to name the new magazine after the organization. 

Someone told him in passing that Maarava didn't mean "west" exactly, but 

rather something more like "slightly west." Accurate or not, the title stuck. 

The first issue, dated winter 1986, was really just a stapled stack of paper, 

printed on one side only and scattered with drawings of turtles. Shortly after 

its release, and convinced by Brian's commitment, a half-dozen students, 

including me, came forward, eager to help. 

For the spring issue, we sifted through a huge stack of new submissions and developed a more 

sophisticated format. The final product was classy and compact. To celebrate, we hosted a long 

and memorable reading, with topics ranging from Sri Chinmoy to a goat named 

Jim Bob Davis. You could feel the excitement in the room, as if we had uncovered a great secret: 

the power of words to bring us other worlds, the power that belongs to everyone. 

Launching the SeaWulff 

1982 

Before Enron and WTO: Students 

debate draining domestic economy 

by U.S. multinationals; Rudy Martin 

defines secular humanism 

—Steve Blakeslee '86, 

Adj unct faculty 

The Tacoma program, 

which began unofficially 

in 1972, becomes an 

official part of Evergreen 

1983 

Fire claims home of Mud Bay 

Greeners, staging area for 

annual mud races 

Evergreen President Dan Evans 

leaves to fill unexpired term of 

Henry Jackson in U.S. Senate; 

Start of MES graduate program 

Evergreen named best regional 

liberal arts college in the West 

for the first time by U.S. News 

& World Report 

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Falling in Love 

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Super Saturday continues its tradition of being the largest one day festival in Washington state. 

The first Super Saturday celebration took place in 1979 and drew about 4,000 people. 

From the first day I set foot on the Evergreen campus, I was struck by the philosophy of the place. The attitude was not "Welcome to Evergreen, 

here's the rulebook," but rather "Welcome to Evergreen, what would you like to accomplish here? You decide!" What I experienced at Evergreen 

was the ideal balance between personal freedom and personal mentoring from faculty. 

In my first year, I opted for an upper-level class in philosophy, technically "off limits" to freshmen. Nothing special about me, that was simply the 

modus operandi of the college (may it ever be so!). The prof warned me, "It'll be tough. I'm not cutting you any slack. You probably won't finish." 

1984 

Student Elissa Tissot shot and 

killed in the Greenery by 

despondent ex-boyfriend; 

Enrollment reaches 2,800 

The class was tough. But it was also terrific, and I did manage to squeak through. At the end, 

he gave me some advice: "Your thinking is sloppy. You hide behind your prose. My advice is to 

\ take some hard-core science courses. You either know the stuff or you don't—there's no place 

to hide. You may discover that you're not as smart as you think." 

John McKinney with his mom, Jo Stowell 

Computer DTP sees electronic 

campus by 1989; Faculty propose 

several initiatives to bring diversity 

to curriculum and college 

I took his advice (thanks, Mark Levensky), and it changed my life. I fell passionately, hopelessly 

in love—with science (thanks, Betty Kutter). I'm now on the faculty at Rockefeller University 

in Manhattan. My laboratory (www.rockefeller.edu/labheads/mckinney/mckinney.html) 

studies tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of death worldwide. Rivaled only by HIV-AIDS 

as an infectious killer, TB gets scant attention because 99 percent of its victims live in the 

developing world. My research team's goal is to develop new tools for TB control that are 

effective, affordable and applicable, even in the poorest countries. Our work takes us to every 

corner of the globe, but wherever we go, I find that "you decide!" is a philosophy that invites 

mutual respect and goodwill. 

John McKinney, '82 

1985 

C Dorm burns; Led by Paul 

Gallegos, students collaborate 

with St. Martin's and SPSCC to 

bring Jesse Jackson to town 

Tropicana, Olympia's first punk 

rock club, closes; U.S. Wews & 

World Report profiles Evergreen as 

one of three "academic pioneers" 

Washington Center for 

Improving the Quality of 

Undergraduate Education 

created, housed at Evergreen 

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14 

TOP GIVERS 

THROUGH THE DECADES 

C-3 

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1986 

Tacoma program moves to 12th 

and South K; Student art gallery 

opens; Labor Center proposed; 

Grad placement reaches 94% 

TOP FIVE DONORS 

Robert Durham 

Helen Halvorson 

Caroline Kinnear 

Mary Hoyt Stevenson Foundation 

Seattle Northwest Securities 


Puget Sound Power and Light 

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust 

John F. Koons 

Ford Foundation 

Washington Commission 


Ford Foundation 

Thayer Raymond Charitable Foundation 

Pew Charitable Trusts 

Anonymous 

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust 

1987 

Founding Festival commemorates 

20th anniversary of college's 

establishment by the Legislature; 

Funny sex therapist workshops 

USED FOR 

Annual Fund 

Annual Fund, Will! Unsoeld 

Lecture Series, McCann Scholarship Fund 

Annual Fund, President's Discretionary Fund 

President's Club 

Scholarships 

USED FOR 

Energy conservation 

Science 

Annual Fund, President's Discretionary Fund, 

Founder's Festival, Alumni Association 

Washington Center for Undergraduate Education 

Academic programs, education grant 

USED FOR 

Diversity, minority doctoral fellowship 

Scholarships 

Teacher education 

Science 

1988 

First Lesbian/Gay Film Festival; 

Peoples of Washington Exhibit 

kicks off state centennial 

celebration 

AMOUNT 

$10,000 

$6,955 

$5,991 

$5,000 

$4,000 

AMOUNT 

$377,510 

$187,000 

$130,500 

$75,000 

$58,075 

AMOUNT 

$794,400 

$458,767 

$389,000 

$281,600 

$226,000 

1989 

Richard Moll, author of The 

Public Ivys, identifies Evergreen 

as one of nine "up-and-coming" 

small public institutions 

Styrofoam banned from 

campus; Vancouver campus 

turned over to WSU 

The entrance to Evergreen's Longhouse 

Education and Cultural Center 

with a traditional Thunderbirc; car-rug 

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HOUSING 

THE '90S: TECHNO-PIZZA 

1990 

Populist speaker Jim Hightower a 

hit on campus; Master in Teaching 

graduate program begins; 

Resolute ready to sail 

The 1990s were a time of change. "The Mods were remodeled with white appliances and 

blue, gray and off-white counters, carpets and linoleum. The Housing Community Center 

became the hub of activity, though The Edge in A-Building was still popular for games 

and video nights," remembers Linda Hohman, associate director of housing. Disco nights 

gave way to techno-electronica and jam bands. The student population changed, too. 

By the end of the decade "most on-campus students were traditional-age freshmen 

and sophomores, and they looked more traditional as well—like they could go to 

any other school." 

1991 

Gulf War begins despite efforts of 

protesters who take over state 

legislative chamber; African 

National Congress leader visits 

The Corner Cafe morphed into Subterranean Pizza, and potlucks faded 

as younger students became the majority on campus. "When we started 

talking about computer use and wiring rooms for computers in the 

mid-'90s, a lot of students were anti-computer and other technology. 

By the end of the '90s, almost everyone was computer literate and 

dependent on computers for school work." 

End of an era: Gail Martin leaves; 

Freebox fire fills CAB wtih smoke; 

Student Lisa Leigh participates in 

BioSphere II 

1992 

Rally against music censorship; 

Protestors outraged at national 

parks clear-cutting; Olympia 

hosts Rock the Vote 

• 

Disco nights gave way 

to techno-electronica 

and jam bands. 1 V 

1993 

Toxic fumes force Library 

evacuation; beginning of . 

air quality issue 

The annual Mud Races on Mud Bay. 

Going Backstage 

Enthusiastic students prepare for the 

opening of the Organic Farmhouse in 1970. 

Today the Organic Farm continues to provide 

a great place to gather and a valuable resource 

to students involved in sustainable agriculture. 

How you teach depends a lot on how you learned. When I graduated from Evergreen in 1990 and started a Ph.D. program at the University 

of California, Irvine, I went from small classes and a wide variety of teaching styles to a very traditional institution. There, undergraduate 

classes might have up to 400 students and everything a student does is given a number that counts toward his or her grade. Being an undergraduate 

at Evergreen was much more similar to being a graduate student than it was to the undergraduate experience where 

I was teaching. When I graduated and became a professor at East Carolina University in North Carolina, 

I continued to try to bring some of the things I had learned at Evergreen to my teaching but it was not 

very satisfying. Then, one day, I saw an advertisement in the journal Science—Evergreen was looking for 

a fish biologist. 

1994 

Arsonist burns Red Square 

trailer that supported Thurston 

County resident Paul Ingram, 

convicted child abuser 

And here I am. People often ask me what it is like teaching at Evergreen when you have been a student 

here. The best description I can give is that it is like going backstage at a play that you watched for four 

years. You see that those labs and field trips that just seemed to happen when you were a student take a 

huge amount of preparation and planning. You see how much thought goes into choosing seminar books 

that both lend themselves to a group discussion and teach students something. In coming back to 

Evergreen, I have gained both a greater satisfaction in my teaching and a new appreciation for what my 

instructors at Evergreen had to do to make my time here as a student so rewarding. Now, when I am 

driving along the Parkway and pass The Evergreen State College sign, the thought that most often 

crosses my mind is "I'm home." 

Amy Cook, '90 

Kurt Cobain dead at 27; 

Faculty vote to move to a 

semester system, but trustees 

vote against change 

1995 

Longhouse dedicated; 

Greeners chain selves to trees 

along Overhulse Road, stall 

logging near campus 

Social critic Noam Chomsky 

comes to Evergreen; 

Inter-collegiate basketball 

and tennis planned 

1996 

Proposal to arm campus police 

stirs controversy; Tim Wise, 

Dinesh D'Souza debate 

affirmative action 

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18 

OBRADOR 

LIVE IN HAVANA GEODUC 3ASK 

GOLDEN GEODUCK SEASON 

Who would have thought in 1976 that a small cattle barn on 

Kaiser Road in rural Olympia would germinate into a musical life form 

spanning four decades? 

That year, a group of Evergreen students and alumni, along with two 

Berkeley, California musicians, joined to form the music group Obrador. 

It was in that old cattle barn, with an audience of bats and barn swallows, 

that the first notes of Obrador's style of Afro-Caribbean and rhythm 

and blues were born. 

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From the beginning, the band was a collective with two guiding 

principles: the integrity of the music and a profound desire to 

make a difference in the community. The first performance was a benefit 

fundraiser for the Olympia Community School. 

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an of 

first notes of 

of 

changed over the years, 

we received success and 

recognition outside the local 

area. Our most exciting 

community involvement 

happened in 1998 when we 

were invited to Cuba. 

_ _ In the old African- 

Abakua community of 

Guanabacoa, we were 

introduced to a children's music school, Guillermo Tomas. The school 

was in dire need of musical instruments. Moved by the plight of the 

young students, we started a gift program called the Obrador Guanabacoa 

project. With the help of numerous people in Olympia, Obrador has 

provided more than $60,000 worth of instruments and technical support 

to the school. 

Currently, Obrador and our nonprofit fundraising arm, the Jefferson 

Street Foundation, are engaged in a cross-cultural education 

program between Cuba and South Puget Sound area middle schools. 

We participate in workshops in Cuban music, history and geography, 

performing at school assemblies and have started an e-mail pen-pal 

program between local students and those in Guillermo Tomas. 

Sales of our CD, Obrador Live in Havana, help fund the Cuban 

students' education. 

—Michael Olson, '73 

The Voice of Pulitzer 

On my return to New York after graduation, I got an internship at The Village Voice as the editorial 

assistant to the executive editor, helped, I'm sure, by my Evergreen and KAOS 

credentials. The position was mainly research-focused and work took me all around the city. Toward 

the end of the internship, a staff writer, Mark Schoofs, returned from Africa and needed a research 

assistant. He had heard about my work, and requested that I work with him. I, of course, agreed and got to do extensive follow-up research 

for Schoofs' series,"AIDS: The Agony of Africa" (part one of eight parts was published November 9, 1999. www.villagevoice.com). 

I worked in libraries and on the Internet, conducting interviews over the phone with officials in several African nations, and generally 

learning a lot about how the craft of journalism is practiced. 

As the series progressed, the feedback from both general readers and public health professionals was uniformly positive. It seemed that the 

articles were truly filling a need and educating people about the desperate situation in many parts of Africa. I left The Voice in December 

1999 with no idea of how big the series had become until I was woken up by an early morning call from Schoofs the following April with the 

news that the series had won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. 

Jason Schwartzberg, '99 

1996 

Evergreen is the only public 

liberal arts college among 40 

schools featured in Colleges 

.-'. ".. •- 

that Change Lives. 

, 

Author Loren Pope writes, 

"Taxpayers everywhere 

should demand colleges like 

this one." 

1997 

Campus cleans up for months 

after winter ice storm; Limited 

arming of campus police begins 

Bigfoot sighting: Student 

sees elusive creature near 

Organic Farm 

1998 

Death of Wyoming student 

Matthew Shepard, killed 

because he was gay. affects 

community for entire year 

Corner Cafe closes after 

20 years of operation and 

perpetual financial trouble 

In only its fifth season, 

the men's basketball team 

earned a trip to the NAIA 

Division II championships. 

The Geoducks traveled to 

Branson, Missouri, where 

they ended the 

with a sixth place 

national ranking. 

Newsweek's "How to Get Into 

College" edition features Evergreen 

under "Schools With a Mission" 

and "Hot Schools, Cool Spots" 

The team's stellar 24-5 overall 

record included several games 

where the Geoducks scored 

more than 100 points, defeating 

by double digits. 

Free rides: Intercity Transit 

bus pass approved 

, 

1999 

Gov. Gary Locke refuses to 

share commencement stage 

with Mumia Abu-Jamal's 

taped speech 

U.S. News & World Report 

says Evergreen is tops in 

its class in the nation for the 

third straight year 

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20 

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1972-Evergreen bestowed 21 diplomas upon its first graduating class. 

1996-ShermanAlexie, Native 

American author, poet, filmmaker 

and Daniel J. Evans scholar, fall 

quarter 1995. His books include 

The Lone Ranger and Tonto 

Fistfight in Heaven and 

Reservation Blues. 

Across the years, Greeners have selected graduation speakers who embody the values 

als of the college. In 1995, Lynda Barry dispensed practical, highly entertaining 

| |U I advice to her "tribe," telling them to "take care of your 

teeth, get a job and don't think you can change evil 

people with your hippie love." In 2000, Matt Greening 

said that in a world where life was more like the TV 

show "Survivor" than like life at Evergreen, grads should 

spread their love around because that would be what 

matters most 100 years from now. Below is a sampling 

of other graduation speakers. 

1998-bell hooks, feminist scholar, 

African American activist, poet and 

social critic. 

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1991-Robert Fulghum, author of All I 

Really Needed to Know I Learned in 

Kindergarten. 

BBBB 

Beryl Crowe, one of Evergreen's 

founding fathers, presented 

diplomas in the mid-'80s. 

1987-Shirley Chisholm, former 

Congresswoman from New York, 

candidate for the Democratic 

Presidential nomination, author 

and teacher. 

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HOI ;ING 

TODAY: TECHN A LITTI KAO 

A 

2000 

Elwha retires, new e-mail 

system installed; UW football 

• • 

team stages summer practices 

on Geoduck field 

in 

The Association of American 

Colleges and Universities 

selects Evergreen as one 

of 16 leadership institutions 

1 i 

"Perhaps nothing has changed in campus living more than technology," 

says Mike Segawa, Evergreen's director of housing. "Almost all students 

own computers and have e-mail accounts. Web use has increased 

dramatically in the early years of this decade to the point that campus 

resources are already straining to meet the demand. This technology 

has led to new kinds of interactions, different ways of doing business 

and ever changing ways of being entertained." 

Housing is also working proactively to support 

students who are new to college. "Special 

attention is now given to freshmen through 

the First Year Experience Program. Academic 

Advising staff are available in A-Building 

most evenings to provide advising, workshops 

and tutoring. Services like this have helped 

make A-Building the most popular living 

option on campus." 

Vegan cookie contest, naked 

dancing man grace the CAB; 

Food service workers demand 

collective bargaining rights 

2001 

Tacoma program makes fifth 

move in 26 years to a new 

campus on 6th Avenue 

Earthquake! 6.8 temblor knocks 

60 percent of library's books off 

shelves; Swing Club and Queer 

Alliance popular on campus 

KAOS FM 89.3 has been a part of Evergreen almost from 

the beginning. In 1972, Dean Katz and a group of fellow 

students persuaded the college to provide a 10-watt station 

to broadcast news and entertainment programs to oncampus 

listeners. 

KAOS' first transmitter was a lot less powerful than a 

microwave oven, but student initiatives led to a pair of 

power boosts—to 250 watts in 1977, which allowed the 

station to reach west Olympia. Concurrently, KAOS 

became one of the first college broadcasters to open its 

doors to non-student community volunteers. A second 

increase to 1,500 watts in 1981 pushed the signal out to 

the greater Olympia area and southern Mason County. 

More recently, a grant from the U.S. Department of 

Commerce helped KAOS build a new transmission facility 

on Tumwater Hill. Now, KAOS airs loud and clear to 

150,000 people from east of the Black Hills to the slopes 

of Mt. Rainier and from Issaquah (75 miles north) to 

Morton (75 miles south). 

Thousands of students and community volunteers have 

put their energy to work at KAOS. More than 2,000 people 

have participated in the Radio for Everyone training 

classes, which has served as the model 

for programs at colleges and community 

stations around the United States. 

More than 300 students from Evergreen 

and other schools have gained 

academic credit as management and 

production interns, and dozens of 

KAOS alumni have gone on to careers 

in broadcasting and related media 

fields. Turn on your radio today, and 

you'll hear former KAOS voices in 

Olympia, Seattle, Tacoma, San 

Francisco, New York, Washington, 

D.C. and nationwide over National 

Public Radio. ^ 

According to U.S. News & World 

Report, Evergreen is one of the 

top five public liberal arts 

colleges in the nation 

1 

Student Theresa Nation discovers 

new species of bacteriophage; 

On-line registration: sign up for 

classes in your underwear 

KAOS' programming has addressed 

almost every conceivable subject in nearly every conceivable style. 

"The American Guitar Philosophy Show," "The Classic Hick," 

"Summa Musica," "Boy Meets Girl" and "Prickly Heat Radio" are just 

a few of the thousands of homegrown shows that have brought rock, 

jazz, blues, classical, Cajun and every other music style to Olympia 

listeners over the years. Local news and public affairs have been equally 

prominent in the schedule from the earliest days of "The People's News 

Service" to "Town Talk" to "The Greener Side." And some shows have 

simply defied description, like "The Johnny Staccato Show," the film 

soundtrack program hosted by the eponymous retired show biz 

powerhouse and man of the world. 

—Michael Huntsberger '78, KAOS general manager 1981-2000 

2002 

Seminar II construction begins 

again after halt during state 

budget crisis; Campus rave 

comes with safety concerns 

, 

Library lobby banners: Join the 

Freaks of Nature, Grassroots 

Organizing Training, Explore 

Nicaragua, Got WashPIRG? 

Men's basketball has best-ever 

season, plays at nationals; 

Vagina Monologues staged; 

Drummers still on Red Square 

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24 

THE PRESIDENTS 

Charles McCann, 

"I figured that with a new college 11| || | •._ ^jjgiy. 

in a place like Olympia, so many 

people would be applying [for 

president] that I'd have the 

chance of a snowball in hell. 

So I thought, well, I'll just tell 

them what I think," recalled 

Charles McCann in 20 Years 

of Making A. Difference, the 

college's 1987 commemorative 

publication. Appointed in 1968, 

McCann led Evergreen through 

its formative years, including 

selection of the planning faculty, 

the construction of the campus 

on Cooper Point and the first 

years of classes and graduations, 

before leaving the president's 

office in 1977. McCann recalls 

four events in particular: First, 

"the Legislature's funding our 

planning faculty for a year before 

opening. Seventeen of the 

country's most imaginative 

thinkers about undergraduate 

education improved upon my 

ideas. The result was a curriculum designed for students eager to 

take responsibility for learning." Next, "the opening of the college 

to students—the beginning of teaching and learning at Evergreen." 

Then, "the installation of Daniel J. Evans as Evergreen's second 

president." And finally, "the day I began working with Evergreen students 

as a facultv member." 

Dan Evans, 

Five distinctive presidents have come to symbolize Evergreen during the college's first 

four decades. Each came with a unique vision, style and energy, and each faced a 

particular set of issues, personalities, challenges and opportunities. Each one remembers 

special moments in the college's history. 

1 

Joe Olander, 1985-1 

A science fiction writer, speaker of Japanese, 

Chinese, German and Spanish, and former vice 

president for academic affairs at the University 

of Texas, El Paso, Joe Olander was Evergreen's 

third president. On his first day on the job — 

which was also the first day the state legislature 

was in session - Olander was the only college 

president of a four-year state institution able to 

coax lawmakers into boosting enrollment. The 

other five state schools stayed even or had funds 

cut. During dander's tenure, Evergreen 

continued to receive national accolades from 

U.S. News & World Report, Money, The Wall 

Street Journal and several college guides. Olander 

resigned in 1990. 

Former Washington Gov. Daniel Evans assumed Evergreen's 

presidency in 1977, leading the college through some of its most 

difficult times. The college was under scrutiny from all quarters, 

and public criticism was often negative. Evans recalls: "Three events 

combined to change outside attitudes and put Evergreen on the 

road to its current recognition. We discovered that more than 

90 percent of all Evergreen applicants were admitted to some of 

the most prestigious schools in the nation—a record far beyond 

that of other institutions." Then, "two Evergreen graduates from 

those early days were elected to the Washington state Legislature. 

Eleanor Lee served as a Republican senator and Denny Heck as a 

Democratic representative. They acted as inside voices of reason 

to help moderate some of the most vociferous opponents." Finally, 

"U.S. News & World Report issued its first rankings of colleges and universities. Evergreen was listed among 

the top small liberal arts colleges. This convinced even the most conservative opponents that Evergreen was 

an asset to Washington and higher education." Appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the unexpired term of 

the late Sen. Henry Jackson, Evans left Evergreen in 1983. 

Les Puree, 

Jane Jervis, 

Les Puree was named president in 2000. While Evergreen 

is even more firmly established as an innovative educational 

leader, budget challenges have become a significant issue. 

"In many ways, the college in 2002 is the same college 

that the pioneering class of 1972 knew. Evergreen's 

faculty and staff remain extraordinarily dedicated to 

teaching. The college remains committed to 

academically rigorous, student-centered, interdisciplinary 

education with an emphasis on public service. 

At the same time, much has changed. Evergreen alumni 

work in our community, across the country and around the 

world-. Thirty years ago, Evergreen might have been 

dismissed as an eccentric and (probably short-lived) 

experimental college. Today, it is widely recognized that, 

if we have sometimes seemed eccentric, it is because we 

have been in the vanguard of higher education reform. 

Programs that were once dismissed as experimental are 

now embraced as innovative. Today, Evergreen is 

a recognized leader in shaping the future of teaching and 

learning nationally." 

Jane Jervis, who assumed the presidency in 1992, 

found an institution that was different from its 

early days. "[One] that thought it was plenty big 

enough, maybe too big; that saw itself as 

an unappreciated educational treasure, not as a 

public resource; that would really prefer to be 

a private college with very low tuition, so that it 

could be elite but democratic at the same time; 

and that deeply resented claims by the state 

that it should be responsive to enrollment 

and workforce demands. There was deep 

ambivalence about graduate and outreach 

programs. Some of those things are still true, but 

we managed to embrace structured growth, 

embrace and build the Tacoma and reservationbased 

programs, build and support our public 

service centers, build alliances with community 

colleges, begin to reform the curriculum and 

begin to turn our face outward to the community, 

the state and the nation." 

Two capital construction efforts also illustrate 

changes that occurred during Jervis' 

administration. "The Longhouse. We put this 20year 

dream at the top of our institutional budget 

request, ahead of leaky roofs and earthquake 

preparedness. We then lobbied hard, and, 

astonishingly, got it funded. The Longhouse symbolized bringing people together, especially people 

of color, and its perpetual deferral symbolized their marginalization. Building the Longhouse was 

a powerful affirmation of community and an act of healing." The other is "Seminar II. 

Now under construction, the planning we did was a result of the college's growth and turning 

outward." Jane Jervis retired from Evergreen in 2000. 

Despite securing funding from the Legislature for Seminar 

II and its subsequent construction now under way, and a 

new building for the Tacoma program, Evergreen will 

undoubtedly face fiscal challenges in the years ahead. "Public colleges nationally will continue to see a 

decline in public funding. With the growing financial support of our alumni, the dedication of our faculty 

and staff, and the commitment and support of our students and their families, Evergreen is sure to enjoy 

continued success for many years to come." 

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ALUM NOTES 

Alum Notes is compiled by the Office of Alumni Affairs and edited for length and content. 

To submit information, call the office at (360) 867-6551 or e-mail tescalum@evergreen.edu. 

Marsha Morse, '73, Vashon, received a 

graduate degree in whole systems design from 

Antioch University. 

John Manley, '74, Canby, OR, works as a 

team developer for the Multnomah County 

Library. He is also finishing a master's thesis. 

Tim Girvin, '75, Seattle, principal of Girvin 

Strategic Branding and Design, created the titling 

and graphics for the CBS documentary on 9/11 

shot by French brothers Jules and Gedeon 

Naudet, and narrated by Robert DeNiro. Girvin's 

firm also designed the Web site portal for the 

Gere Foundation, founded by actor Richard Gere 

to award humanitarian grants mainly to assist 

the people of Tibet. 

Christina Meserve, '75, Olympia, is board 

certified as a trial advocate by the National Board 

of Trial Advocacy, the only national board 

certification for trial attorneys. Requirements 

include extensive documentation, including 

independent peer review from judges and 

attorneys, as well as successful completion of 

a day-long examination. 

Raymond Pavelko, '75, West Salem, Wl, 

is president of Partners in Empowerment, Inc., 

a nonprofit organization providing resources to 

mental health consumers in western Wisconsin. 

In 1999, Pavelko formed a company to conduct 

mental health research. 

A Greener Emmy 

I. 

Jacqueline Harris, '76, Battle Ground, is 

completing her master's thesis in interdisciplinary 

studies at Marylhurst College with a focus in 

comunication/organizational development. 

jharris103@aol.com. 

Scott Baker, '77, Seattle, a founder of 

Evergreen's Alumni Association, is happily doing 

what he likes best, messing with trees. 

Chuck Cauchy, '77, Traverse City, Ml, 

has a large family and loves northern Michigan. 

He founded and is president of Tellurex 

Corporation, hse@traverse.com. 

Michael Mills, '77, Portland, OR, started 

an ombudsman office for the city of Portland. 

Michael Huntsberger, '78, Olympia, and 

former KAOS general manager, has been 

awarded a graduate teaching fellowship at the 

University of Oregon, Eugene where he will 

pursue a graduate degree in communications. 

He will continue as head of Media & Communications 

Consulting, providing organizational 

support and development services to noncommercial 

broadcasters, www.theradiosite.com. 

Andrea Osborn (Dashe Roy), '78, 

Olympia, married Thamas Osborn '77 last 

December. They live on Cedar Flats Road with 

Andrea's daughter Annika, 18, and their huge 

dog, Cody. Andrea's son, Benjamin, attends 

Ringling School of Arts Design in Sarasota, FL. 

I won an Emmy in 2001 for sound design on "Civil War to Civil Rights," a PBS show. The 

previous year, I was nominated for an Emmy for "All We Want is Make Us Free," a TV special 

about the Amistad story. On the radio front, The Traveling Radio Show, which started in 

1977 at KAOS with fellow Greeners Torn Hood, Franklin Ruetz and David Gordon, is likely 

to be launched nationally after a very successful run on regional National Public Radio affiliates. 

Look for broadcasts and Webcasts this fall or see our Web site at www.travelingradio.com. 

I've also managed to fit in directing 

"Big World," a national news and 

entertainment radio program distributed 

to college stations, and I've recently 

accepted an adjunct faculty position at 

Quinnipiac University, teaching radio, 

audio and video production. I'm constantly 

"greening" students with techniques and 

philosophies I learned at Evergreen, and 

while the students don't quite know what 

to make of me, they love the hands-on 

learning. Work continues at my studio, 

Living Sound Productions in Bethany, 

Conn, and I've been happily together for 

22 years with Sharon Steuer, a well-known 

artist and author. 

Jeff Jacoby, '78 

Diane Selden, '78, Portland, OR, has a 

14-year-old daughter, Zoe, and is a master's 

level psychologist who coordinates programs 

for low income and immigrant clients through 

Schools Uniting Neighborhoods. 

Thomas Ghormley, '79, Seattle, has a 

6-year-old daughter, Ariahna, who is bilingual 

and well traveled. 

Patricia Ritter, '79, Ridgefield, started 

her own counseling practice after receiving 

a master's of social work degree from the 

University of Portland. She also wrote and 

Doubleday published her first mystery novel, 

The Nursing Home Murders. 

Eric Buck, '80, Chicago, is an architect with 

Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, 

which just won the American Institute of 

Architects Firm of the Year Award, a high honor 

in architectural circles. 

Scott Dethlefs, '80, Spokane, received a 

master's in teaching from Whitworth College and 

now teaches high school media production. 

Ingrid Fabianson (Bauer), '80, Richmond, 

IN, graduated from a seminary studies program 

with a master's in divinity. 

Thorn Farris, '80, Port Angeles, brokers 

Baseball NW Sports Training Facility, complete 

with batting cages. 

Larry Gourley, '80, Goldendale, is deputy 

auditor and clerk of the court for the Klickitat 

County Commissioners Office. He is also a parttime 

news reporter for KMCQ (Q-104) in the 

Dalles, Ore. 

Karen La Verne (Rogers), '80, Bellingham, 

moved to the country and lives on a little farm 

with lots of animals. She became a grandmother 

in 2000. 

Connie Monaghan, '80, Los Angeles, 

is perpetually unemployed and making pottery. 

If things work out, she looks forward to owning 

a gas station. 

Ralph Wallin, '80, Seattle, operates a small 

custom furniture and restoration shop. 

Dennis Carey, '81, Brighton, CO, is 

raising and training American paint horses in 

Scotts Bluff, Neb. 

Carol Ellick, '81, Tucson, AZ, visited 

Evergreen in June 2001, and says it felt oddly 

comfortable. With her 14-year-old daughter in 

tow, she wandered toward the Mods where, 

with a smile, her daughter said, "Mom, can I 

go here?" 

John McLaren, '81, Seattle, is an architect 

and received the 1999 Victor Steinbrueck chair 

from the University of Washington College of 

Architecture and Urban Planning for his 

housing advocacy work. 

Mark Olson, '81, Mount Vernon, works for 

the Washington State Department of Ecology 

and has two beautiful daughters. 

Patrick Sheahan, '81, Berkeley, CA, is 

an architect and just completed a new live/work 

building for his wife and himself. 

Shelby Sheffield, '81, Santa Fe, NM, 

married in 1993 and has two wonderful children, 

ages 5 and 1. She is studying graphic design. 

Robert Weinapple, '81, Richmond, CA, 

is directing the main stage show for the Tahoe 

Shakespeare Festival this summer. 

Steven Engel, '82, Portland, OR, founded the 

Animal Tracks Literacy Project in 2000 to teach 

all ages how to identify animal tracks and read 

the stories they hold. Last fall, he helped 

students at a Raymond, Wash., elementary 

school create and write 23 stories about local 

wildlife by making tracks in the new cement 

sidewalks along five blocks of downtown 

Raymond. 

Patrick McManus, '82, Vashon, lives with 

his 8-year-old daughter and is working as a 

Feldenkrais practitioner. 

Timothy O'Connor, '82, Portland, OR, works 

as vice president of finance for Healthworks, Inc., 

a health information software company. His 

youngest son, Colin O'Brady, will be attending 

college this fall. Tim and his wife, Catherine 

Downey, plan to relocate to their 

three-acre farm on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. 

Patrick Atkinson, '83, Ethel, is retired and 

wrote his first children's novel, The School of 

Magic Animal Quest. 

Jennifer Boehm (Morrissey), '83, Ojai, 

CA, has taken up surfing after seven years 

of ski life in Sun Valley, Idaho. This year, she 

and Stephen celebrated their 10th anniversary. 

Daughter Kayla is 9 and son Ian is 6. They are 

hard at work developing and marketing herbal 

formulas for their company, Botanica BioScience. 

Chris Chappell, '83, Olympia, lives with 

partner, Julia Lippert, and dog, Sasha. He has 

worked for the Washington Natural Heritage 

Program as an ecologist for 10 years and still 

loves it. Before that, he received a master's 

degree and traveled Asia and Latin America. 

Yasmine Galenorn (Corbally), '83, 

Bellevue. Crossing Press published her fifth 

book, Crafting The Body Divine, last fall. 

Three more books will be released this year: 

Meditations on the Wheel of the Year, Sexual 

Ecstasy & The Divine and Totem Magic. 

Linda Livingston, '83, Lakewood, is a 

family counselor. 

Wilmer W. Melendez, '83, Lakewood, 

conducts psychiatric mental health evaluations 

for people with chronic mental illness who have 

been involuntarily committed. 

Bruce Ostermann, '83, Worland, WY, 

is still living the good life in the wilds. 

Jordan David Pollack, '83, PortTownsend, 

spent the past 18 years as a firefighter, including 

the last three as chief. He teaches and consults 

about fire and emergency topics around the 

West. 

Virginia Sabatier (Lowery), '83, Baton 

Rouge, LA, retired last fall from Louisiana State 

University. She and her husband have been 

traveling and visiting their children since then. 

Chiyuki Shannon, '83, Roy, received a 

doctorate from the Union Institute with a 

dissertation titled Stalking The Multicentric Ego: 

A Collage of Folk Improvisational Self-Work. 

Christopher Stearns, '83, Portland, OR, 

works on salmon habitat enhancement and also 

human rights in Burma. 

Amy Wales, '83, Charlemont, MA, left her job 

at Franklin County Solid Waste Management to 

become a graduate student. 

Steven Whalen, '83, Olympia, has been 

working at South Puget Sound Community 

College in media production and library network 

resources for 10 years. 

Ona Harding-Ahrens, '84, Chehalis, and 

Richard Ahrens '89 have seven children and 

enjoy working together. Ona is a nutritional and 

psychological counselor. Richard is a movement 

therapist and licensed massage therapist. 

Eric Kessler, '84, Friday Harbor, and Sharon, 

had a daughter, Addi, in January 2001. They live 

in the home they moved 12 miles across San 

Juan Island. 

Peter Moser, '84, Seattle, teaches fourth 

grade. 

Janice Richards, '84, Greenbank, owns 

and runs Harbor House, a bed-and-breakfast 

at the Pleasant Harbor Marina. 

Riede Wyatt, '84, Ranches De Taos, NM, 

works at Blossoms Garden Center and Nursery. 

Debbie Barrett, '85, Maple Valley, received 

an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. 

Martha Hurwitz, '85, Seattle, is working on 

a novel and expecting a child in July. 

Jerome Johnson, '85, Olympia, is semiretired 

and has been a juvenile counselor with 

a private organization in Olympia for the past 

few years. He is also an active civil rights 

advocate and enjoys practicing kung fu. 

Lee La Croix, '85, Seattle, owns a collectively 

run bakery in Freemont, has three children and 

a great husband. 

Stacy Sheldon, '85, Fairfax, CA, practices 

Feldenkrais holistic healing. She has 2-year-old 

twin daughters. 

Hugh Watson, '85, Tacoma, lost his 

significant other, Richard Watson, last spring. 

Kurt Batdorf, '86, Anacortes, is a copy editor 

for the Everett Herald. 

Curt Charnell Bondurant, '86, Bainbridge 

Island, will soon publish his first novel, There's 

A Gold Mine in the Sky. 

Becky Burton, '86, Milwaukee, Wl, is a 

faculty member in biology at Alverno College. 

Whitney Cochran (Petersen), '86, 

Olympia, celebrated her 15th anniversary of 

employment with the Washington State Attorney 

General's office. She has two daughters, ages 

10 and 13. 

Alan Rose, '86, Olympia, has two children, 

Shayna, 12, and Dylan, 8. Alan enjoys his 

landscaping job. 

Chris Tolfree, '86, Seattle, is finishing his 

second master's degree at Seattle University. 

Kathryn Absten, '87, Vaughn, works for the 

Olympic Education Service District as a math/ 

technology specialist. 

Bob Basanich, '87, Berwyn, IL, and 

Amy Moon '91 live near Chicago with their 

18-month-old son, Leland Basanich. Amy works 

part time as a senior biologist with an environmental 

consulting firm doing environmental 

impact statements for road and railroad projects 

and conducting stream surveys to evaluate fish 

and benthics for wastewater treatment plants. 

Bob is a media systems technician, traveling 

all over the country setting up video walls and 

video conference equipment. 

River Bean, '87, Palmer, AK, is an 

organic farmer. 

Victor Bourque, '87, Olympia, has been a 

lieutenant for the Bellevue Fire Deptartment for 

15 years. He is married with two kids, ages 3 

and 6 months. 

Robert Brown, '87, Brighton, MA, works 

in Woburn and wonders what happened to all 

the cool people he met at a previous Boston 

Greener gathering. 

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Julie Gamewell, '87, Randle, teaches 

special education to children from preschool 

through sixth grade in the White Pass School 

District. 

Mary Higgins, '87, DuPont, is the division 

chair for the Health and Science Department 

at South Puget Sound Community College. 

Dolores Kelley (Robertson), '87, Olympia, 

married David Kelley last fall. Her daughter, 

Maggie, is 12. 

Julie Moore, '87, Olympia, married 

Brady Anderson '89, and they have both 

retired from social work. Julie is doing fabric art 

and Brady is a luthier. www.thefretdoctor.cjb.net. 

Richard Rodrigues, Jr., '87, Eugene, OR, 

is a program associate for the McKenzie River 

Gathering Foundation, www.MRGfoundation.org, 

where he is starting the progressive social 

change organization's technology grantwriting 

program for organizers in Oregon. 

Scott Roy Saunders, '87, Olympia, 

facilitates rhythm and drumming groups. He 

received his M.A. in human development from 

Pacific Oaks. 

Sally Triebs Waite, '87, Friday Harbor, and 

Gordy work and volunteer in the Friday Harbor 

School District. They have a daughter, 10, and 

a son, 7. They are sailing and gardening away. 

Kathleen Anderson, '88, Shelton, teaches 

fifth and sixth grade. 

Tracy Anderson, '88, Seattle, studies 

furniture design at Cornish College of the Arts. 

She has a furniture and home accessories store 

in Seattle called MIA VEP. She is the parent of 

Ava, her 2-year-old daughter. 

Denise Crowe and Bret Lunsford '88, 

Anacortes, own a music and bookstore called 

The Business. Denise works as a naturalist in 

the Anacortes Wilderness. They are doing work 

on a music label, No Know Your Own, and 

publish a daily newspaper, anacortesonline.com. 

Richard Dorsett, '88, Tacoma, is the 

executive director of the Washington State 

Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He also 

just completed production of a second CD of 

Jordanian folk music. 

Jerry Fugich, '88, Yelm, works as a site 

supervisor with Habitat For Humanity and owns 

a company called The Watchmaker's Shop. 

Christine Goodale, '88, Vashon, lives with 

her husband and 3-year-old daughter. She is 

a Waldorf teacher and a runs a nursery school 

in her home. 

Diane Gruver, '88, Yachats, OR, is seeking 

a tattoo license, dgrvrer3@yahoo.com. 

Janis Hunter, '88, Shelton, was promoted 

to investment representative at Edward Jones 

Investments. 

Brian E. Mathis, '88, Olympia, is 

typing this text and designing this magazine. 

His partner, Jordan Pedersen, is finishing his 

first year at Evergreen. 

Ursula Shea-Borneo, '88, Shutesbury, 

and her husband, Paul Borneo, recently bought 

their first home and are raising their 3-year-old 

daughter. 

Russell Bennett-Cumming, '89, Olympia, 

is a Spanish teacher and world language 

department chair for Capital High School. 

Pam Bennett-Cumming '88 is an 

environmental planner for Mason County. 

Valerie Manion Courtney, '89, Seattle, 

and John Courtney had a son, Kevin Richard, 

last December. 

Bruce Elzinga, '89, Seattle, received 

his master of education degree and is 

student teaching. 

Sheila Freehill, '89, Boulder, CO, earned 

a master's in bilingual education from Pacific 

Oaks College. She lived in Costa Rica to learn 

Spanish, and works as an English as a Second 

Language and reading teacher at Longspeak 

Middle School. 

Dianna Holden, '89, Longview, works as 

a chemist. 

William Kaniuka, '89, Farmington Falls, ME, 

works for Evergreen Outfit Services. 

He received a master's degree in theological 

studies from Bangor Theological Seminary 

and is finishing his second master's degree 

in counseling at Antioch New England 

Graduate School. 

Doug Mercer, '89, Seattle, teaches 

geography and environmental health at the 

University of Washington. 

Miguel Perez-Gibson, '89, Olympia, 

is a senior research analyst for the House 

of Representatives Democratic Caucus. 

Rena Rea, '89, Sumner, works for the 

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department as 

a substance abuse counselor. She is also 

working on her second master's, this one 

in teaching, from Antioch University. 

Kelly Quilici, '89, Ashland, Wl, is doing odds 

and ends work for the Black Cat Coffee House. 

She still writes and does photography along 

with her music. Her son Dyami is 19 and 6'4". 

Veronica Maria Tomasic, '89, Hamden, 

CT, received a Ph.D in American Studies 

from Yale University. Her dissertation is titled 

To Their Own Rooms: Representations of the 

Inner Life in an Age of Transition, Late Thirties 

to Early Fifties.At the same time, she received 

a law degree from Quinnipiac University and 

was admitted to the Connecticut Bar Association 

last fall. She currently works as a lawyer for the 

state and is preparing her dissertation for 

publication. Veronica lives with her son, 

Clement, 15, and husband, Ingram Marshall, 

who taught at Evergreen from 1985 to 1989. 

Jennifer Whitewing (Unterseher), '89, 

Leavenworth, is a licensed massage practitioner 

at Simple Kneads Massage Therapy at the Best 

Western Icicle Inn, as well as a phone operator 

at the Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat. She lives 

with her grandparents, husband and son in a 

cooperative, extended family household, and 

writes books for children that she hopes to get 

published. Jen joined the Baha'i' Faith and prays 

for world peace and global unity. 

William Gordon Wolf (Mahler), '89, 

PortTownsend, practices naturopathic medicine 

and acupuncture, and is the proud father of a 

5-year-old. 

Shelley Arenas, '90, Lake Forest Park, 

founded a nonprofit organization to help parents 

in the Northwest (www.parentcafe.org). She 

co-authored a book called The Lobster Kids 

Guide to Seattle. 

Sue Blair (Boyer), '90, Newport, writes 

reading instruction training material for the 

California Professional Development Institute. 

She commutes to California regularly to train 

and work with public school teachers. 

Micah Bowers '90 and Andrea '91, Seattle, 

had twin sons, Connor and Gavin, last spring. 

Micah also started Bluefire Production, which 

specializes in video, DVD and interactive 

television production. 

Linda Boyle, '90, Eagle, ID, is a water quality 

science officer for the state. 

Marilyn Brisbane, '90, Olympia, started 

a nonprofit adoption agency, IBSEN Adoption 

Network, that raises funds to help with the 

adoption of special needs children, and to 

provide them with emotional and financial 

support. (360) 866-7036. 

Lucretia Krebs, '90, Woodland, is 

a licensed clinical psychologist. 

Sherry Lynch, '90, La Center, teaches at the 

Iconography Institute in Portland. Her class just 

finished a four-foot-wide by three-foot-tall icon, 

which is installed in a Portland church in memory 

of World Trade Center victims. 

Jo Anshutz, '91, Woodland, is superintendent 

of the Vader School District. 

Susan James, '91, Carson, works as a 

biology teacher at Stevenson High School. 

Duffie Johnson, '91, Portland, OR, joined 

Reed College as the annual fund director. 

Hank Lentfer, '91, Gustavus, AK, edited the 

book Arctic Refuge: A Circle of Testimony with 

Carolyn Servid. He has traveled the country 

speaking and raising awareness about the 

Alaskan refuge. 

Nita Mehnert, '91, Spring Hill, FL, won 

first place in the Annual Black and White Show 

in Tampa. 

Elizabeth Miller, '91, Comstock Park, Ml, 

would like to say, "Hi from snowy Michigan" to 

Mary Deraitus. 

Stephen Nicholson, '91, Walla Walla, owns 

a car dealership. 

Bruce Siqueland, and Tani Lindquist, '91, 

Seattle, have a daughter, Harriet Louise 

Siqueland, born last spring. 

Kirsten Spainhower, '91, New Haven, CT, 

worked in agricultural forestry in the Peace Corps 

in Benin, West Africa, 1994-96. She is now 

working on a master's degree at the Yale School 

of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 

specializing in international community forestry. 

Kenneth White, '91, Gig Harbor, has grown 

a white beard and become the master of the 

universe in a non-violent coup. 

Joanne Wieser, '91, Elma, has two 

daughters who have graduated from Evergreen. 

Another daughter is graduating this June. 

Steven Yunker, '91, Wenatchee, and his wife, 

Susan, have four sons, ages 9, 6, 3 and 8 months. 

Bruce Baldwin, '92, Tenino, went back to 

school to get teaching credentials and a master 

in teaching, and is now substitue teaching high 

school biology. 

Thomas Begnal, '92, Okanogan, is an office 

manager for a farm that has the largest garlic 

collection in North America, with 150 different 

kinds of garlic. 

Jennifer Bruner, '91, Seattle, lives with her 

new husband, Ben Trissel, in their messy 

craftsman home. She works as a software test 

engineer at Microsoft and runs marathons to 

keep herself sane. Jennifer also collects wine 

with her husband, reads obsessively, is 

published in several online publications, and 

occupies her dwindling free time with too many 

pets and not enough sleep. 

Matthew Green, '91, Olympia, was elected 

to the Olympia City Council for a term that began 

in January. Matthew joins Curt Pavola '95 

who was re-elected to the council during the 

same race. 

Nicole Masters, '91, San Francisco, CA, 

says to get in touch with her at 

schmasters@earthlink.net. 

Jennifer Rosen, '91, and her partner, 

Sharon Holley '99, Olympia, announce the 

home birth of Noah Benjamin Rosen-Holley last 

fall with the help of Around the Circle Midwifery. 

Proud and happy grandmom is Betsy Gail 

Rosen '92 of Mercer Island. Jena is on leave 

from the Olympia Timberland Library as assistant 

circulation supervisor. Sharon is employed by the 

Washington State Department of Natural 

Resources as a tidelands manager. 

Glenhelen Smither, '91, Shelton, is 

expecting her second baby and making a lot of 

ceramic art. 

Marnie Valenta, '91, Seattle, works as a 

massage therapist and birth doula. 

Saed Hindash, '92, is a photographer at 

the Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ. Saed was the 

co-recipient of a $10,000 award for excellence in 

reporting on victims of violence by the University 

of Washington School of Communications 

Journalism & Trauma Program. The article took 

Saed to Siberia to do a story about a boy 

adopted by a New Jersey couple only to die 

from their abuse. 

Ethan Delavan, '93, Seattle, teaches drama 

and video. He is also making a documentary 

about recovering from boyhood sexual abuse, 

which he hopes will air on public television. 

www.delavandramaworks.com. 

Not Just Fiddling Arounc 

Patrick Gillan, '93, Broaddus, TX, retired and 

went on a road trip from Texas to Fairbanks, 

Alaska, with a stop in Seattle. 

Nelson Hallgren, '93, Seattle, was the video 

editor for an award-winning documentary about 

Dale Chihuly's glasswork. 

Bruce Haveri, '93, Kealakekua, HI, says that 

after almost 10 years in the field as a wildlife 

biologist, he changed his life and career and 

enrolled in the Hawaiian Islands School of Body 

Therapy. Some time in 2003 he'll be a licensed 

massage therapist. 

Monique Jordan, '93, Tacoma, formed a 

nonprofit organization called Family Restoration 

and Empowerment Enterprises, which does crisis 

counseling, IEP meetings, school counseling and 

interventions. 

Margot Kimball, '93, Concord, MA., has 

three children, Claire, 6, Adele, 4, and Iris, 2. 

Samantha Nelson, '93, Ellensburg, and her 

husband have a son, Michael. 

Gwen Orwiler, '93, Sumner, works in real 

estate, globug1013@aol.com. 

Jay Shumway, '93, Tucson, AZ, teaches 

physics at a charter high school in Tucson. 

Yee Thao (Steve), '93, Saint Paul, MN, is 

now known as Steve so that his name, its history 

and proper pronunciation won't be a major topic 

of discussion every time he meets someone new 

or calls to order pizza. Steve has been the 

publisher of a small Asian newpaper, a webmaster, 

a concert promoter and a television 

producer. He is working on a PBS documentary 

about South Asian men in prison. His next 

project is an Asian fairytale about love, dragons, 

bad acne and difficult choices. He misses having 

a real governor, the rain, the buck Bambi that 

lived behind the Evergreen parking lot and the 

great Evergreen gymnasium that was used by 

about a dozen people during his stay in Olympia. 

Erwin Vidallon, '93, Lacey, has been 

married for eight years, has three kids and is 

working as a chief financial officer for Western 

State Hospital. 

;ate a music program for the elderly entitled "The 

3ut the Northwest in hundreds of special £are facilities. 

i in Celtic music, traditional music of varying genres, and composing 

my own contemporary cross-over music. The Journey is my third CD, released on my own 

label, Raven Fiddle Productions. I have performed throughout the United States as well as 

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland .and Ireland. 

; • At Evergreen, I began a life of self-directed study and work and, as a result, was able to create 

an extremely rewarding career in contemporary music. I enjoy a rich life of private teaching, 

composing, recording, session work and performing. I especially value my ability to positively 

ire them to develop self-discipline and to pursue music and the arts with persistence and passion. 

Jvergreen to my students: creating a life out of ones' own head and heart is very much like creating 

your own custom curriculum. Anna Schaad, '92 

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Brad Watkins, '93, Bainbridge Island, works 

on his own independent film project. 

Wayne Au, '94 and MIT '96, is a 

history teacher at Berkeley High School and 

recently won an early career award from the 

American Association of Colleges for Teacher 

Education Advocate for Justice. The award 

honors individuals in teacher education who 

support equity issues, are involved with social 

justice issues and whose work is expected to 

have a lasting impact. Au is also a steering 

committee member of the National Coalition 

of Education Activists. 

Elizabeth Dinkins, '94, Louisville, KY, 

completed her master of education degree 

at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. 

She teaches seventh grade language arts 

in Louisville. 

Constance Frey, '94, Olympia, graduated 

from Seattle Midwifery School and is open 

for practice. 

Steve Garrison, '94, Olympia, returned from 

the cross-Australian World Solar Cycle Challenge 

last year having successfully endured shipping, 

mechanical and logistical disasters. His team 

took home two awards and tested a solar electric 

cycle that will serve as a model for future races, 

including the 2001-02 World Solar Cycle Racing 

Circuit. www.SolarBoy.org. 

Scott Le Due, '94, Olympia, teaches media/ 

audio/photography at Capital High School. 

Students learn through contracts/projects 

including journaling online. His program, called 

learning mastery, was named in the top 20 tech 

programs in the country because of the contract 

learning, www.learningmastery.org. 

Jennifer Mechem, '94, Washington, DC, has 

a 2-year-old daughter named Naomi. Jennifer 

works for the Federal Department of Education 

in a disability access program. 

Michael Neely, '94, Recently opened 

a chiropractic practice in Tumwater. 

Amanda Ray, '94, San Francisco, married 

Jeffery Mann and has a baby girl, Mirabella. 

jdmann@sfsu.edu. 

George Stankevich '94, received a master 

of fine arts in computer animation from the 

Rochester Institute of Technology and works in 

New York City. 

Sara Steffens (Kepka), '94, Oakland, CA, 

is among five nominees for a national Gay and 

Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for 

excellence in journalism for her article, "The 

Outsiders." The story is also among the Contra 

Costa Times' nominees for this year's Pultizer 

Prize in feature writing. "The Outsiders" tells the 

story of the struggles that a teenage boy and his 

transgender mother faced in Antioch, Calif. 

Craig Tanner, '94, Olympia, works at the 

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. 

Anne deMarcken, '94, Olympia, is cofounder 

and creative director of the new media 

studio, Wovie (www.wovie.com). Recent online 

credits include the animated series, A Word With 

Index & the Bird, Stick Figures, Cat Couch and 

Civil Enough, and a number of award-winning 

Web sites. She launched One Horse Productions, 

and was a producer for Washington 

Interactive Television, director of development for 

Cupid & Psyche Studios, development director 

for KAOS radio and art director for the feature 

film, Truth. 

Traci Friedl, '94, Olympia, began her legal 

career with the Washington State Attorney 

General's Office, where she focuses on 

municipal law. 

Cordelia Wheelock, '94, Brooklyn, NY, 

and Lantz are proud to announce the birth of 

their son Willem Edward Wheelock Hawthorne, 

born February 2002. 

Heleen Young, '94, Sierra Vista, AZ, works 

for Cochise College where she runs workshops 

for welfare recipients. She won an award for 

excellence for her job readiness workshop. 

Stuart Iritz, '96, Seattle, is employment 

coordinator with Eastside Employment Services, 

a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities 

locate jobs and provides on-the-job training. 

He works part-time with King County's 

specialized recreation department providing 

assistance at events for people with diabilities. 

Marie (Barker) Singer, '96, Trabuco 

Canyon, CA, gave birth to a daughter, Amber 

Victoria Singer, last December. Mom, dad and 

Amber are all doing well and trying to adjust to 

sleeping in two-hour increments. 

Laurie Bowman, '97, Ames, IA, is a day 

manager at Wheatsfield Grocery, a natural food 

co-op. At night, she plays guitar and fiddle in the 

Porch Stampers Old-Time Band. 

Lori Hajdu, '97, Portland, OR, and 

Jonny Fink '98 celebrated five years together 

by getting married in February 2002. Lori 

recently graduated from the National College 

of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, and Jonny 

plans to pursue a library science degree this fall. 

Greetings from Evergreen East 

Carol Johnson, '97, Moline, IL., returned 

to government service last June as an army 

outstanding scholar intern. She serves at the 

North Central Civilian Personnel Operations 

Center, training in human resource management 

and civilian personnel administration. Throughout 

her 10-year military career, Carol has received 

numerous commendations and awards. She 

worked for the Department of Social and Health 

Services, Western State Hospital in Lakewood, 

Wash., as a mental health licensed practical 

nurse shift charge. She is a member of the 

Urban League and the National Association for 

the Advancement of Colored People. She is 

married and has one son, Jibri, and is the 

caregiver for her 90-year-young father. 

Reb Pearl, '97, Brooklyn, NY, is a program 

associate for sustainable development at the 

Women's Environment and Development 

Organization. The group is working toward 

mobilization of the global women's movement 

leading up to the World Summit on Sustainable 

Development in Johannesberg, South Africa, 

this year, and coordination of women as a major 

group for the United Nations Commission on 

Sustainable Development. 

Tiffany Tolley (Terry), '97, Portland, ME, 

got married last summer and is expecting her 

first baby this summer. 

Angelina Zontine, '97, Pittsburgh, PA, 

worked as a costume designer on an original 

rock opera, The Transfused, produced in 

Olympia last year. 

Sherrie Sibbett, '98, Olympia, is putting 

together a project to get master's in public 

administration students involved with the 

Washington State Department of Transportation. 

Genevieve Bouchard, '99, Montreal, 

Quebec, is involved in the music industry 

and works as a marketing coordinator for 

a record label. 

Erin Boyle, '99, Tucson, AZ, married 

Ian Ream '99 on December 26, 2000. 

Kimberley Carter, '99, Sherman Oaks, CA, 

is employed as a union representative. 

lat four years have passed since I graduated from Evergreen as 

rom Miyazaki University in Japan. I especially remember a seminar 

in which a student came out that she was a lesbian. I was shocked by that, as I come from 

a conservative country. I, however, found and will never forget a certain beauty and strength 

in her revelation. And I always remember those days when I sang songs, composed poems, 

drew pictures and shared agonies and sufferings with friends. 

I long to see them again and am convinced of doing so in 

the near future. I am now studying American literature, 

especially Saul Bellow, and about to enter a Ph.D. program 

at Hiroshima University in Japan this spring. I am trying 

to become a scholar in American literature and culture, 

though the reality is very hard. But the precious experiences 

in Evergreen encourage me greatly. 

Nozomi Hiejima, '98 

Shane Humphrey, '99, Farmington, NM, 

works at Four Corners Public Radio. He finished 

a one-year contract with Americorps and recently 

returned from a transcontinental railroad trip. 

Joselynn Plank, '99, Petersburg, AK, 

is assistant director of the Herman Institute of 

Biological Studies, which she co-founded with 

Drew Wheelan '96. The institute is located 

in Costa Rica and is named in honor of retired 

Evergreen faculty member Steve Herman. 

www.hermaninstitute.org. 

Anthony Aquilante, '00, San Diego, CA, 

started a business called Art America, which 

contracts out cooperative learning space, a 

gallery, a digital studio and a reference library 

to artists. 

Katie Burt, '00, Port Orchard, is teaching 

Sumari dance and owns a studio called Cultural 

Renaissance Studio. 

Robin Campbell, '00, Olympia, was recently 

promoted to budget assistant to the governor of 

Washington state. 

Tammie Cresto, '00, Olympia, is a wildlife 

rehabilitator working at the Progressive Animal 

Welfare Society's Olympic Wildlife Center. 

Claire Fields, '00, Lacey, says her daughter 

will soon be graduating from high school. 

PASSINGS 

David Henry Smart, '83, Washington, DC., 

theater artist, builder and fisherman. He worked 

as scenic designer and technical director at a 

number of the nation's top innovative stages, 

including New York's Circle Repertory Theater and 

Theatre J in Washington. David has also built 

libraries, guest houses and constructed a native 

palapa in Mexico. As a sailor, he crewed ships from 

Alaska to the Puget Sound and Mexico. 

Contributions in his name can be made to local 

drug treatment programs. 

Sera Bilezikyan, '01, died in Baltimore this past 

winter. Sera loved to write and was involved with 

various social justice issues, including the Condega 

Homemakers Project in Nicaragua and the Navajo 

Nation resisters against relocation from Big 

Mountain in Arizona. Sera's family is establishing 

a graduate fellowship in environmental science 

in her memory. Contributions can be made to The 

Evergreen State College Foundation in her name. 

Amanda Greene-Chacon, '00, Walnut 

Creek, CA, works at Planned Parenthood in 

reproductive and prenatal health. She is getting 

married in July and is planning to go back to 

school next year to become a nurse practitioner. 

Benjamin Hamilton, '00, Olympia, works 

at the Washington State Department of Health 

as a research analyst. He has a 2-year-old son. 

Nicole Julien, '00, Olympia, is making and 

selling visual art at craft fairs. She is also 

working on a novel she began at Evergreen. 

Benjamin Kinkade, '00, Shelton, is 

a seasonal biotech at Pinnacles National 

Monument, Calif., where he is the raptor monitor 

studying the effects of rock climbing on nesting 

raptors, such as prairie falcons and golden 

eagles. poet_09@yahoo.com. 

Katherine Kirkham, '00, Portland, OR, 

is furthering her studies in natural medicine. 

She got married in August and bought a house. 

Kerry Loewen, '00, San Francisco, CA, 

is in her second year of a three-year master of 

fine arts studio art program at San Francisco 

State University. "Without the guidance of Hugh 

Lentz and Steve Davis, I wouldn't be here." 

Harold Mahan, '00, Port Orchard, is a 

manager of the Pierce Conservation District, 

instituting performance measures in response 

to legislation. 

Louise Herr, '00, University Place, was 

recently promoted to educational planner at 

Tacoma Community College Work First. 

Arclancia Montgomery, '00, Tacoma, 

volunteers for Pierce County Juvenile Court and 

serves on the community accountability board. 

Phoebe Muth, '00, Seattle, continues to 

pursue a career as a children's book illustrator 

and plans to return to school for a master's 

degree. 

Bryan Nielsen, '00, Mason, Ml, says 

e-mail him at audubon@voyager.net. 

Darrel Pickett, '00, Hoquiam, became the 

program manager of the Quinault Indian Nation's 

TANF program. 

Luke Rhodes, '00, Huntingdon Valley, PA, 

works as a park ranger and wrestling coach. 

Naomi Walchak, '00, Thompson, OR, 

works in film production in Portland. 

CRAIG CARLSON 

Michael Wheeler, '00, Woodacre, CA, 

relocated from Seattle. He plans to travel 

overseas before going back to school to study 

energy policy. 

Brian Blacklow, '01, Marks, MS, teaches 

second grade for Teach For America. 

To get here, follow great blue heron 

Past Deepwater Point until salt air slaps you awake. 

Begin to chant: weather tells you what you are— 

Everything dies, spins, rekindles itself into stars. 

To live here, find an edge and hold on 

for as long as you can. Time weathers everything. 

Stare into the silver blur of the horizon. 

Let your sails fill with wind. Begin to sing. 

Craig Carlson, from "Totten Inlet" 

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HANGOUTS 

Here Yesterday, Gone Today 

Spud and Elma's Two-Mile House 

Ron's Natural Foods 

Captain Coyote's 

Rainbow Restaurant 

Artichoke Mode 

Cafe Intermezzo 

The Smithfield Cafe 

Gnu Deli 

Brown Derby 

Why Not Tavern 

Asterisk Cheese Library 

The Seven Gables Restaurant 

Pizza Haven 

Olympic Theater 

(morphed into the 

HfcJVashington Center 

DT the Performing Arts) 

Street 

Olympia 

(became Miller 

IjrSpng Company) 

Skippers^iji 

Yardbirds v 

Harvey's Pet Store 

Rowland Lumber 

Western Auto 

Cracker's 

Sunset Drive In 

Shakey's Pizza 

Value Village 

Peterson's food Town 

Hardel Lumber Mill 

The Port Cafe 

Jo Mama's 

THEKLA 

IfteiW the Limelight) 

The post-nuclear buildings of Evergreen's campus remain the same, the state capital 

rotunda still oversees downtown Olympia and the 1-5 marker east of Lacey continues to 

announce "Mt. Rainier in the distance." But several local landmarks are no more. Here are 

some Greener institutions from the 70s and later that have graduated to the great beyond, 

plus some enduring and new Greener landmarks. 

The Greening of Olympia 

Roughly 25 percent of Evergreen alums remain 

in the South Puget Sound area after graduation. 

They are your kids' teachers and the computer 

programmers who keep state government running 

electronically. They are the creative energy behind 

the following Olympia institutions: 

Thurston Women's Health Clinic 

(now Eastside Women's Health Clinic) 

Rainy Day Records 

Childhood's End Gallery 

Harlequin Productions/State Theater 

Radiance Herbs and Massage 

Olympia Film Society/Capitol Theater 

Olympia Food Co-op (two locations) 

Olympia Farmers' Market 

Climate Solutions 

Cascadia Research 

Enduring Landmarks 

Not all of the favorite Greener hangouts are gone. 

Here are a few that remain around Oly town. 

Dirty Dave's 

The Spar 

Ralph's Thriftway 

Bayview Thriftway 

Eagan's 

King Solomon's Reef 

The Rib Eye 

The Martin 

The Fourth Ave

EVERQREEN 

The Evergreen Magazine 

Spring 2002, Vol. 23, No. 2 

Published by The Office of College Advancement 

The Evergreen State College 

Olympia, WA 98505 

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RANDY AND GATE STILSOH 

2225 CRESTLINE BLUD 1*1 

OLYHPIA WA 98502-4321 

Nonprofit Org. 

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